Buzzfeed reporter omits important chunk of Rupert Murdoch tweet; Update: Reporter failed to tell full story about himself

So, what did Kaczynski leave off? Only the 101 characters Murdoch used to qualify his statement.

Climate change very slow but real. So far all cures worse than disease. Shale gas huge breakthrough for US. Half carbon of coal and oil.

— Rupert Murdoch (@rupertmurdoch) July 11, 2012

Whoops! Twitterers called him out for his glaring omission.

https://twitter.com/FigDrewton/status/223098922992807937

Parliamentary inquiry RT @FigDrewton Where's the rest of his tweet? RT @BuzzFeedAndrew RT @rupertmurdoch: Climate change very slow but real.

— William Newton ن (@wbdnewton) July 11, 2012

@BuzzFeedAndrew Is it really an RT when you cut off half of what he's saying?

— Andrew Valenti (@therealAValenti) July 11, 2012

https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/223100063675723777

Kaczynski quickly apologized:

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/223100140251136001

https://twitter.com/CuffyMeh/status/223102253815439360

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/223102455662129152

AlexaShrugged kindly pointed out the difference between a regular retweet (RT) and a modified retweet (MT):

@BuzzFeedAndrew Let me introduce you to the concept of a "Modified Tweet" if you are editing a RT, you write MT so people know it's modified

— Former "Clump of Cells" (@AlexaShrugged) July 11, 2012

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/223102748424548353

@BuzzFeedAndrew np!

— Former "Clump of Cells" (@AlexaShrugged) July 11, 2012

Kaczynski seems contrite enough, but he would do well to remember that astute Twitterers will find out when they’re not getting the full story. Let’s hope he takes Alexa’s advice to heart.

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.@BuzzFeedAndrew won't ever forget the difference between an RT and an MT after this: http://t.co/CsfMR42u -SD

— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) July 11, 2012

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/223115007574028288

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Update:

It would seem that Kaczynski also left out a few details of his own Twitter knowledge. Only yesterday, he debated what constitutes an MT with Adam Baldwin:

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/222864424640323586

https://twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew/status/222865698530144258

C’mon, Andrew. If you’re indeed a “researcher/reporter,” feigning ignorance should be beneath you. Twitter never forgets — and we’ll be keeping our eye on you.